Tex McIver

Tex McIver agreed to an interview with The Messenger in 2017, given from his former farm on Pea Ridge Road. FILE PHOTO

Tex McIver agreed to an interview with The Messenger in 2017, given from his former farm on Pea Ridge Road. FILE PHOTO

McIver pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter

A year and a half after the Georgia Supreme Court overturned his malice murder conviction in the shooting death of his wife, Claud “Tex” McIver pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Fulton County Superior Court last week.
Tex and Diane McIver/CONTRIBUTED

Tex and Diane McIver/CONTRIBUTED

McIver trial halted before it began

The murder retrial of Claud “Tex” McIver that was scheduled to start Monday, Dec. 4 has now been postponed, according to reports. On Tuesday morning, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert C.I. McBurney excused prospective jurors from the jury selection process.